2022 Moray Council election

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2022 Moray Council election
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All 26 seats to Moray Council
14 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Tim Eagle (not running for re-election)Graham Leadbitter & Shona MorrisonJohn Divers
Party Conservative SNP Labour
Leader's seat Buckie Elgin South & Fochabers Lhanbryde Elgin South
Last election8 seats, 36.1%9 seats, 31.6%1 seats, 4.3%
Seats before971
Seats won1183
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg2
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
LeaderVariousLisa Mead & Fabio Villani
Party Independent Scottish Green Liberal Democrats
Leader's seatVariousDid not contest
Last election8 seats, 24.1%0 seats, 2.6%0 seats, 1.2%
Seats before8 [lower-alpha 1] 00
Seats won211
Seat changeDecrease2.svg6Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg1
Council Leader before election

Graham Leadbitter [1]
SNP

Council Leader after election

Neil McLennan & Kathleen Robertson
Conservative

The 2022 election to Moray Council took place on 5 May 2022, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 26 Councillors elected. Each ward elects either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

Contents

On 18 May 2022, it was announced that the council would be run by a minority Conservative group, alongside two Independents. [2]

2017 results

2017 Moray Council election
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SNP 901Decrease2.svg134.631.610,518Decrease2.svg7.8
  Conservative 850Increase2.svg530.836.112,010Increase2.svg18.6
  Independent 802Decrease2.svg230.824.18,022Decrease2.svg4.8
  Labour 102Decrease2.svg23.84.31,438Decrease2.svg4.9
  Scottish Green 000Steady2.svg00.02.6853Decrease2.svg0.2
  Liberal Democrats 000Steady2.svg00.01.2410Increase2.svg0.6

Results

2022 Moray Council election
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1130+342.3136.2410,698
  SNP 801-130.7735.9510,613
  Labour 320+211.5412.333,641
  Independent 206-67.697.882,327
  Liberal Democrats 110+13.853.801,121
  Scottish Green 110+13.853.391,001
  Scottish Family 00000.000.3499New
  Sovereignty 00000.000.0823New
Results of the 2022 Moray Council election
by ward
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
SNP Lab Conservative Green Lib Dem Others
Speyside Glenlivet 36.77133.8318.57020.8313
Keith and Cullen 43.50143.6829.9402.8803
Buckie 1113
Fochabers Lhanbryde 42.99110.11139.7913
Heldon and Laich 29.4817.68039.7124.62018.5213
Elgin City North 32.60128.49125.8814.4903.9204.6203
Elgin City South 35.55128.11126.8313.0506.4504
Forres 34.29110.62040.9129.115.1004
Total26

Ward results

The incumbent councillors for each ward as of March 2022 are listed below. [3] Any changes from the councillors elected in the 2017 Moray Council election are also noted. Candidates for the upcoming election were confirmed on 30 March 2022. [4]

Speyside Glenlivet

Incumbent councillors:

Speyside Glenlivet - 3 seats [5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
SNP Juli Harris36.77%1,227
Conservative David Gordon33.83%1,129
Independent Derek Ross (incumbent)20.14%672750.3 897.7
Scottish Green Elidh Myrvang Brown8.57%286491.7 519.6
Sovereignty David Philip McHutchon0.69%2330.7 50.5
Electorate: 7,382  Valid: 3,374  Spoilt: 37  Quota: 835  Turnout: 45.7%  

    Keith and Cullen

    Incumbent councillors:

    Keith and Cullen - 3 seats<
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    SNP Theresa Coull (incumbent)43.5%1,493    
    Conservative Donald Gatt (incumbent)24.7%849884.25   
    Conservative Tracy Colyer18.9%650673.8 693.6 732.61 955.35
    Liberal Democrats Leslie Tarr9.9%341589.4 591.8 674.21  
    Scottish Family William Barclay2.9%99178.0 178.4   
    Electorate: TBC  Valid: 3,432  Spoilt: 37  Quota: 859  Turnout: 45.7%  

      Buckie

      Incumbent councillors:

      Candidates (uncontested):

      CandidateParty
      Neil McLennan Conservative
      Christopher Thomas Price Liberal Democrat
      Sonya Warren (incumbent) SNP

      Fochabers Lhanbryde

      Incumbent councillors:

      Fochabers Lhanbryde - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Conservative Marc Macrae (incumbent)39.7%1,590   
      SNP Shona Morrison (incumbent)23.5%940959.2 1005.3 
      SNP David Bremner (incumbent)19.4%778791.7 811.8 816.3
      Labour Ben Williams10.1%404534.6 830.5 830.8 1,178.2
      Liberal Democrats Donald Cameron7.0%284496.2   
      Electorate: TBC  Valid: 3,996  Spoilt: 68  Quota: 1,000  Turnout: 4,064  

        Heldon and Laich

        Incumbent councillors:

        Heldon and Laich - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        SNP Neil Cameron29.5%1,455     
        Conservative James Allan (incumbent)27.0%1,331     
        Independent John Cowe (incumbent)18.5%9141,045.28    
        Conservative Bridget Mustard12.7%629639.27 885.17 898.46 946.96 1,150.32
        Labour Andrew O'Neill7.7%404489.1 511.77 526.23 725.25  
        Liberal Democrats Calum Cameron4.6%228307.28 326.35 337.06   
        Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,936  Spoilt: 60  Quota: 988  Turnout: 4,996  

          Elgin City North

          Incumbent councillors:

          Elgin City North - 3 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          SNP Jérémie Fernandes32.6%1,199
          Labour Sandy Keith28.5%1,048
          Conservative Amber Dunbar25.9%952
          Independent Graham Jarvis4.6%170
          Scottish Green Rebecca Kail4.5%165
          Liberal Democrats Neil Alexander3.9%144
          Electorate: TBC  Valid: 3,678  Spoilt: 32  Quota: 920  Turnout: 3,710  

            Elgin City South

            Incumbent councillors:

            Elgin City South - 3 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1
            SNP Graham Leadbitter (incumbent)35.5%1,444
            Labour John Divers (incumbent)28.1%1,142
            Conservative Peter Bloomfield26.8%1,090
            Independent Michaela French4.0%161
            Liberal Democrats Bernard Salmon3.1%124
            Independent Paul Briggs2.5%101
            Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,062  Spoilt: 51  Quota: 1,016  Turnout: 4,113  

              Forres

              Incumbent councillors:

              Forres - 4 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456
              SNP Scott Lawrence34.3%2,077     
              Conservative Kathleen Robertson25.0%1,516     
              Conservative Paul McBain15.9%962991.15 1,239.8   
              Labour James Hynam10.6%643830 844.63 851.77 1,001.43  
              Scottish Green Draeyk Van der Horn9.1%550927.73 932.54 933.97 1,047.49 1,513.51
              Independent Shaun Moat5.1%309403.12 416.76 423.85   
              Electorate: TBC  Valid: 6,128  Spoilt: 71  Quota: 1,212  Turnout: 6,057  

                Footnotes

                1. ↑ 4 Councillors Open Group, 2 Moray Alliance Group, and 2 Independent

                Changes since 2022

                By-elections since 2022

                3 November 2022

                Buckie - 1 seat
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1234
                SNP John Stuart48.9%1,1721,181 1,192 1,269
                Conservative Tim Eagle36.7%879884 904 989
                Labour Keighley Goldie10.0%239247 276  
                Liberal Democrats Les Tarr2.8%6778   
                Independent Neil Houlden1.6%38   
                Electorate: 8,139  Valid: 2,395  Spoilt: 13  Quota: 1,199  Turnout: 2,408 (29.6%)  

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